Aussie miners confront real-time data deluge

By Ry Crozier

Mar 27 2012 7:30AM

Rio Tinto's 3D mine the public face for resources' Big Data embrace.

Aussie miners confront real-time data deluge

Rio Tinto has emerged as the pioneer of a new movement aiming to harness burgeoning data volumes generated in real-time by equipment at remote mine sites across Australia. The company is investing in a system codenamed VirtualEYES, which it says will "generate a virtual representation ...

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